Stanislaw Ulam quotes - page 2

As one sharpens a knife on a whetstone, the brain can be sharpened on dull objects of thought. Every form of assiduous thinking has its value. (Stanislaw Ulam)
The story that Dick Feynman could open safes whose combinations had been forgotten by their owners is true. View quote
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The first sign of senility is that a man forgets his theorems, the second sign is that he forgets to zip up, the third sign is that he forgets to zip down. View quote
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I thought that the description of Don Quixote's fight with the windmills the funniest thing imaginable. View quote
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I never really experienced a breakdown, but have felt "strange inside" two or three times during my life. View quote
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It is like hidden parameters in physics, this ability that does not surface and that I like to call "habitual luck". View quote
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Given this optimistic nature, I feel this way even now when I am past sixty. View quote
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For a few years I had an off-and-on romance with her. View quote
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Ada came from Lwów. She was a very good looking girl who was studying mathematics at the University of Geneva. For a few years I had an off-and-on romance with her. View quote
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There may be such a thing as habitual luck. People who are said to be lucky at cards probably have certain hidden talents for those games in which skill plays a role. It is like hidden parameters in physics, this ability that does not surface and that I like to call "habitual luck". View quote
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I was still very hopeful that much work lay ahead of me. Perhaps because much of what I had worked on or thought about had not yet been put into writing, I felt I still had things in reserve. Given this optimistic nature, I feel this way even now when I am past sixty. (Stanislaw Ulam)